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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD8.5 High

CVE-2026-5789

Search path without quotes in CivetWeb

Description

Vulnerability related to an unquoted search path in CivetWeb v1.16. This vulnerability allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges by placing a malicious executable in a directory that is scanned before the intended application path (C:\Program Files\CivetWeb\CivetWeb.exe --), due to the absence of quotes in the service configuration.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

CivetWeb CivetWeb

Default version status: unaffected

  • 1.16affected

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